Republican Sen. Ron Johnson blasts the censorship of the Senate hearing exploring cheaper drug treatments on 'Fox & Friends.'
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And is unequivocally yes when
and is unequivocally yes, when
you look at the mortality and
morbidity of this disease, which
is unparalleled, we are seeing
countless deaths and it is
horrific the way they are dying
and you look at safe and low
cost agents. It seems a
no brainer that you should try
it.
We have this data showing we
have an effective treatment
against this pandemic Todd for the longest time you
Todd for the longest time. You
could have gotten that doctor
talking live on Youtube,
removing that clip of a doctor
testifying to the Senate about
Covid 19 treatment. The chairman,
who, let that hearing to bring
the story Forward Senator RON
Johnson reveals it is one of the
videos that was deemed quote
inappropriate, Senator Johnson wants the censorship should
frighten us all
frighten us all.
What did you find out in that
doctors? Testimony who welcomed
all come? Ask me anything. I
will show you the data.
When did you find out that was
taken down
since we had a hearing
December eighth, I just watched it.
Views rose to seven point: seven million half
one million on my website. It
wasnt passing the Youtube
sensors. They took off of Fox
news.
It may be available on some
sites with fewer views, but this
is dangerous when you have
censorship of information,
Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court
decision one hundred years ago that
dealt with fallacies that might
cause societal harm. There is
more speech and not silence.
We are moving in the opposite
direction.
Sean Jefferson did something
similar
Youtube said. We enforce
community guidelines regardless
of speaker and in that regard, to
political viewpoints and
Covid 19 misinformation. We
remove the two videos in
question
misinformation doctor telling
about his studies on the results
which, who is the doctor at
Youtube, with the stethoscope, with the delete power
with the delete power.
The witness in my first
hearing was fired by his
institution because he
testified Doctor Corey is
ostracized and vilified.
This makes no sense whatsoever.
They have failed us in not
spending money and time and
effort to exploring repurposed
cheap generic drugs. These drugs
are twenty dollars for a treatment
that economic incentive is a
travesty, regardless and
frontline doctors risking their
lives, having courage and
compassion that basically say: go
home, isolate your self, be
afraid and save your life in
the hospital. It is a dark chapter and
it is a dark chapter and
american journalism.
You have to ask your doctor,
you have to ask your doctor
and something a patient ask for because of what the health,
because of what the health
agencies have done. An
authorization for emergency use
patients are asking to fill
prescriptions and they wont
there is a huge disincentive
because hospital associations
can get sued,
fewer doctors practicing
medicine using off label
prescription.
Doctors have absolute
prescription rights on any FDA food drugs,
food drugs
and how we advanced medicine,
hydroxy. Clore Quinn, is primarily
used for autoimmune diseases.
It is how we advanced medicine
in the midst of a pandemic. This
is tragic and hundreds of
thousands of people lost their
lives because of this.
Transcript generated on 2021-02-05.